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hyund39164868
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April 1, 2024
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P: (GPU) Develop/Edit view & Export artifacts after 14.4.1 Update (AMD-only) (affects Cr, LrC & LrD)

  • April 1, 2024
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Hi,

 

Since just now, I've been experiencing a weird bug / crash in Lightroom Classic (on a Mac), where ALL my photos suddenly are fully covered in artefacts in the Develop module.

 

(Screengrab from the Develop module in Lightroom Classic)

 

When I check the linked RAW + JPEG source files in Finder, they all seem ok (they don't look corrupted, nor show any artefacts here), meaning the issue is within Lightroom.

 

(Screengrab from the RAW source file in Finder)

 

When I export images out of Lightroom (with any setting, edited or even not edited), the artefacts are also present on the export files.

 

(Screengrab from the exported JPG image)

 

This problem started occuring soon after I applied the new AI noise reduction feature on just ONE (1) photo. 

 

I already tried:

 

  • Closing and re-opening Lightroom
  • Shutting down (fully), and restarting the computer after 1 minute
  • Switching the GPU accelrator setting in Lightroom on/off


MY SPECS

  • Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 - Build (202310121438-d2af310c)
  • Macbook Pro 16" - 2019
  • 2,3Ghz 8-core Intel Core i9
  • AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB 
  • 32GB 2667MHz DDR4 memory
  • OS Sonoma 14.4.1

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, because this makes the whole software unusable....

Thank you!

    139 replies

    djinniferd
    djinniferd
    Participating Frequently
    November 11, 2025

    Just tried using LR Classic's new "AI Denoise" feature for the first time, and this was the result. Can anyone explain????

     

    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    November 11, 2025

    Likely a GPU issue: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-gpu-develop-edit-view-amp-export-artifacts-after-14-4-1-update-amd-only-affects-cr-lrc-amp-lrd/m-p/14563606 

     

    Do you have a system like this?

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    djinniferd
    djinniferd
    Participating Frequently
    November 11, 2025

    Using LRC 13.4 on a 2020 iMac running Sonoma.
    Specs are:
     3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7

    AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 8 GB
    64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
    1TB internal SSD

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    vc021
    Inspiring
    May 8, 2025

    Hi,

     

    I've tried restarting my computer, creating a new catalog, and checking multiple sessions from multiple memory cards and my photos are importing like this into Lr. Started happening out of nowhere. Any advice?

     

    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 8, 2025

    Can you provide us with some specs on your Mac? (GPU Card? GBs?, Processor)

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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    vc021Correct answer
    Inspiring
    May 8, 2025

    Hi Rikk, Hannah Nicollet found another post that helped me figure it out:
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-gpu-develop-edit-view-amp-export-artifacts-after-14-4-1-update-amd-only-affects-cr-lrc-amp-lrd/td-p/14563606#M52308

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    livnat_1824
    New Participant
    April 30, 2025

    Hello,

    I’ve been dealing with a recurring and very disruptive bug in Lightroom for quite a while now.

    When I start working on a new gallery (like the current one), after approximately 4 minutes of editing, the software freezes. The image becomes completely unresponsive and extremely slow, and it displays strange smears of color, as shown in the screenshot I’m attaching.

    No matter what commands I use, the gallery freezes, and the photo becomes unusable. I’m forced to quit the program, wait more than 5 minutes, and reopen Lightroom—after which it functions normally for another 3-4 minutes before the same issue reoccurs.

    Just to clarify:

    • My Mac is running macOS Sonoma 14.5 (latest version).

    • Lightroom is fully updated to the latest version.

    • Memory: 634 GB used / 1 TB total.

    • RAM: 16 GB.

    • My Lightroom catalog currently contains ~24,000 photos (after clearing out a large number recently).

    Despite these specs, I’m unable to work properly. I would really appreciate your assistance in resolving this issue.  i added a pic for it.

    Thank you very much!

    CMass
    Community Manager
    CMassCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    April 30, 2025

    Hi @livnat_1824,

     

    Thank you for providing information about your operating system; however, it is not the most current macOS. Please update to the latest version of macOS (15.4.1) if possible.

     

    To better understand your issue, could you please provide the following information?

     

    1. Share your full system information by going to Help > System Info. Please copy and paste that into a text file and include it in your response.

    2. Is the issue occurring with all your images, or just a specific few?

     

    Until we can confirm whether this is a bug, I will move your post to the discussions section.

     

    Thank you!  

     

    ^CM

     

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    livnat_1824
    New Participant
    May 1, 2025

     

    the issue occurring with all my images will it happens. once it shows , the lightrom is very slow and the images looks like this. i added my macs details. thank you for your help

     

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Brainiac
    February 26, 2025

    @kumard30512702,  Apple released buggy graphics drivers for the AMD Radeon 5000-series GPUs, causing problems for many LR users. Many have reported that upgrading to Mac OS 15 solves the problem, but some have reported that it doesn't. If upgrading doesn't solve the issue, you can work around issues displaying photos in Develop and Library and exporting them by setting Preferences > Performance > Use Graphics Processor to Off.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Brainiac
    December 27, 2024

    @Dennis_Siebert: "Especially because it worked perfectly with hardware acceleration turned off. Then the software on my X-Rite i1 Display Pro might have a problem."

     

    LR uses different code for displaying with and without the GPU enabled. Try recalibrating, selecting the option to generate v2 profiles rather than v4. LR has often stumbled on v4 profiles. (I don't know the particular Xrite option for that.)

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    Dennis_Siebert
    New Participant
    December 27, 2024

    It works!!!
    I never thought it could have something to do with a color profile. Especially because it worked perfectly with hardware acceleration turned off. Then the software on my X-Rite i1 Display Pro might have a problem.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Brainiac
    December 26, 2024

    @Dennis_Siebert: "Since the update to Mac OS Sequoia, I have completely wrong colors in the editing window when GPU acceleration is activated. The image is much darker and has a yellow/green tint, while the preview in the top left is displayed completely normally."

     

    While it's likely your problems are caused by Apple/AMD's buggy driver for the Radeon 5000-series GPUs, the symptoms seen in the attached photo are different than those reported by most people. You might have a color profile assigned to your display that's incompatible with LR. Quickly test that following these steps:

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-change-my-monitor-profile-to-check-whether-its-corrupted/

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      Jao vdL
      Community Expert
      December 25, 2024

      @1531122 

      "Es kann ja nicht sein, dass mein 4 Jahre alter Intel 27" iMac mit der Radeon Pro 5700 XT bereits zum alten Eisen gehört?"

      You can read all over this thread that the problem is your Radeon Pro GPU card. Apple introduced a buggy GPU driver for this in one of the last system updates that trips up graphics display in GPU heavy programs like Lightroom. The only remedy is reverting to an older operating system (really hard so not recommended you try) or to disable GPU acceleration for everything but "GPU zur anzeige verwenden". So disable the other two options. 

      F. McLion
      F. McLion
      Community Expert
      December 25, 2024

      @Dennis_Siebert 

      Mir fehlt noch eine Angabe dazu, wie Du dein Display kalibriert hast.

       

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      Dennis_Siebert
      New Participant
      December 25, 2024

      So, ich tingel jetzt schon gut ein viertel Jahr mit diesem Problem rum und finde keine Lösung.
      Seit dem Update auf Mac OS Sequoia habe ich im Bearbeitungsfenster bei aktivierter GPU Beschleunigung total falsche farben. Das Bild ist deutlich dunkler und hat einen gelb/grünstich, während die Vorschau links oben ganz normal dargestellt wird. Das ganze ist übrigens in Photoshop unter ACR genauso. Nur arbeite ich damit nicht, also ists für mich nicht so dramatisch. Wenn ich bei der Hardwarebeschleunigung alle Häkchen wegnehme ist alles in Ordnung. 

      Das ganze war auch unter Lightroom Classic 13.X (halt die Version die mit Erscheinen von MacOS Sequioa aktuell war) auch schon so. Es kam direkt mit dem Mac Update. Ich hatte Hoffnung dass es mit Lightroom 14 und weiteren Mac OS Updates behoben wird, aber Fehlanzeige.
      Es kann ja nicht sein, dass mein 4 Jahre alter Intel 27" iMac mit der Radeon Pro 5700 XT bereits zum alten Eisen gehört?

      Im Anhang mal meine Systeminformationen aus Lightroom  

      Lightroom Classic-Version: 14.1.1 [ 202412150940-551fb044 ]
      Lizenz: Creative Cloud
      Spracheinstellung: de-DE
      Betriebssystem: Mac OS 15
      Version: 15.2.0 [24C101]
      Anwendungsarchitektur: x64
      Anzahl logischer Prozessoren: 20
      Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 3,6GHz
      SQLite-Version: 3.36.0
      Integrierter Speicher: 131.072,0 MB
      Dedizierter GPU-Speicher, der von Lightroom verwendet wird: 4.649,5MB / 16.368,0MB (28%)
      Für Lightroom verfügbarer phys. Speicher: 131.072,0 MB
      Von Lightroom verwendeter phys. Speicher: 3.677,6 MB (2,8%)
      Von Lightroom verwendeter virtueller Speicher: 50.995,2 MB
      Cache-Speichergröße: 93,6MB
      Interne Camera Raw-Version: 17.1 [ 2098 ]
      Maximale Anzahl Threads, die Camera Raw verwendet: 5
      Camera Raw SIMD-Optimierung: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
      Virtueller Speicher in Camera Raw: 411MB / 65535MB (0%)
      Physischer Speicher in Camera Raw: 495MB / 131072MB (0%)

      Cache1:
      Final1- RAM:371,0MB, VRAM:3.080,0MB, IMG_1244.CR3
      NT- RAM:371,0MB, VRAM:3.080,0MB, Combined:3.451,0MB

      Cache2:
      m:93,6MB, n:352,3MB

      U-main: 82,0MB

      Standardvorschaugröße: 5120 Pixel
      Monitore/Anzeigegeräte: 1) 5120x2880

      Informationen zum Grafikprozessor:
      Metal: AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT
      Anfangsstatus: GPU zum Exportieren wird standardmäßig unterstützt
      Benutzerpräferenz: GPU zum Exportieren aktiviert
      HDR in Bibliothek aktivieren: AUS

      Anwendungsordner: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic
      Bibliothekspfad: /Users/Dennis/Pictures/Lightroom Katalog/Lightroom CC Catalog-v14.lrcat
      Einstellungen-Ordner: /Users/Dennis/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

      Installierte Zusatzmodule:


      Config.lua-Flags:

       

       

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